So I need to order a turbo soon (like within hours) for the Audi.
I cant seem to find a decent used one, so Im just going to buy new.
Impex has the K03 for 750, GAP is 790 plus tax since they are in NY.
What year/model would a KO3sport be from? Any of the 2000+ Audi/Passat with the ATW or AWM engine codes? Or am I missing something. If it is these codes I can get the K03sport from GAP for like 824 plus ship.
Id love to go K04 but I just dont have the extra G to spend on this today and I need the car back on the road this weekend.
I think 01audiS4 has some k03s laying around when he did the k04 swap. Not sure if the ones off an S4 are the same though, but he’ll probably sell them cheap
Thats what I said in my IM. For a DD, which mine is and what I think your doing with yours, stock is fine, why add more variables? If you want you can always chip it, which I still haven’t done.
Why??? Then he’s going to have to spend extra $ on fueling, extra $ on a chip to take advantage of the upgraded turbo, extra $ for the FPR. Stock for a DD is the way to go
I assumed when he said “for now”, he had plans for the future.
And the fact of the matter is that a k04 on a stock tune will show some gains, at the very least in spool up time and range. Since it’s a direct bolt-on-and-go replacement, runs perfectly reliable on stock tune without sacrificing any DD ability, isn’t really that much more expensive than a brand new k03, and with assuming he was considering future upgrades, the k04 seemed like a much more logical decision at the time.
But he wanted to save $175, so that’s fine. It was just a suggestion.
sure its not alot more money now, but then Id be more likely to want to upgrade s/w, exhaust, blah blah , which equates to more money, and more headaches probably
car has 145k on it
its my wife’s daily
I just want it back together now so I can get back to working on other stuff
I need at least one car thats stock, or close to it.
